SLC39A7

SLC39A7
Identifiers
Aliases SLC39A7, D6S115E, D6S2244E, H2-KE4, HKE4, KE4, RING5, ZIP7, solute carrier family 39 member 7
External IDs MGI: 95909 HomoloGene: 5072 GeneCards: SLC39A7
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

7922

14977

Ensembl

n/a

ENSMUSG00000024327

UniProt

Q92504

Q31125

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_006979
NM_001077516
NM_001288777

NM_001077709
NM_008202

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001070984.1
NP_001275706.1
NP_008910.2
NP_001070984.1
NP_008910.2

NP_001071177.1
NP_032228.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 33.2 – 33.2 Mb Chr 17: 34.03 – 34.03 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Zinc transporter SLC39A7 (ZIP7) also known as solute carrier family 39 member 7 (SLC39A7) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC39A7 gene.[3][4][5]

Function

Zinc is an essential cofactor for more than 50 classes of enzymes. It is involved in protein, nucleic acid, carbohydrate, and lipid metabolism, as well as in the control of gene transcription, growth, development, and differentiation. Zinc cannot passively diffuse across cell membranes and requires specific transporters, such as SLC39A7, to enter the cytosol from both the extracellular environment and from intracellular storage compartments.[5]

ZIP7 is a membrane transport protein of the endoplasmic reticulum.[6] Phosphorylation of ZIP7 by casein kinase 2 stimulates the release of zinc ions from the endoplasmic reticulum[7] This provides a signal transduction pathway by which activation of cell surface receptors such as the epidermal growth factor receptor can regulate the activity of downstream phosphatases and kinases.

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Ando A, Kikuti YY, Shigenari A, Kawata H, Okamoto N, Shiina T, Chen L, Ikemura T, Abe K, Kimura M, Inoko H (Dec 1996). "cDNA cloning of the human homologues of the mouse Ke4 and Ke6 genes at the centromeric end of the human MHC region". Genomics. 35 (3): 600–2. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0405. PMID 8812499.
  4. Hanson IM, Trowsdale J (Aug 1991). "Colinearity of novel genes in the class II regions of the MHC in mouse and human". Immunogenetics. 34 (1): 5–11. doi:10.1007/BF00212306. PMID 1855816.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SLC39A7 solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 7".
  6. Taylor KM, Morgan HE, Johnson A, Nicholson RI (2004). "Structure‒function analysis of HKE4, a member of the new LIV-1 subfamily of zinc transporters". Biochemical Journal. 377 (Pt 1): 131–139. doi:10.1042/BJ20031183. PMC 1223853Freely accessible. PMID 14525538.
  7. Taylor KM, Kille P, Hogstrand C (2012). "Protein kinase CK2 opens the gate for zinc signaling". Cell Cycle. 11 (10): 1863–1864. doi:10.4161/cc.20414. PMC 3359116Freely accessible. PMID 22580452.

Further reading

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